I am all about connecting appliances to the Internet of things; doing so helps me live more independently. Thanks to home automation and an app in my smartphone, I am able to lock/unlock doors, adjust the thermostat, turn lights on/off, and more! Now there is a new, sizzling gizmo, called Meld, that I’m looking into to further my […]
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Bloomington Recognizes April as Accessibility Awareness Month
It’s estimated that nearly 1 in 5 Americans (or 43 million individuals nationwide) have some form of disability. The City of Bloomington in Indiana is on a mission to spread accessibility and disability awareness. During the entire month of April, the City of Bloomington’s Council for Community Accessibility (CCA) celebrates Accessibility Awareness Month. Throughout the month, […]
Pererro iOS Switch Adapter
Apple’s iOS devices have indubitably revolutionized the world of technology since their introduction of the iPhone back in 2007. iOS devices offer several benefits including their easy-to-use interfaces, simple syncing with other Apple devices, strong security, and smooth operating system updates. Oh, and perhaps most importantly: the tech giant aims to make its devices as accessible as possible […]
Smash-a-Ball: Electronic toy for visually impaired
Nadia Guevara and Pedro Bori are both educational psychologists with years of experience of working with children with visual impairments. Play is an essential part to a child’s development, especially his or her cognitive development. Guevara and Bori realized there aren’t many options available for children with visual impairments so they came up with a solution: […]
10 Apps for Practicing Motor Skills
Motor skills play an essential part in child development. These skills consist of gross and fine motor skills, both of which begin developing early in life. Gross motor skills involve using several body muscles to do things like sitting, crawling, walking, running, and jumping. Fine motor skills require smaller muscle movements of the hands to do “finer” activities like […]
Inpris’s UpSense Super Braille Keyboard
Touch screens on tablets and smartphones are sleek and often convenient to most users. However, for individuals with visual impairments, they tend to be quite a challenge. Inpris is an Israeli technology company addressing blindness and touch screen technology by creating an “eye-free” experience for mobile devices. To do this, they have created the UpSense Super […]